Collection
Latinx Civil Rights
Contributor
Ibarra, Grace (Interviewer & Transcribed by); Segura, Jimmy (Interviewee)
Publication Date
2022
Description
Jimmy recalls attending public schools in the Westside of San Antonio and discusses the perception of the area. He reviews his years in college and his experience of marginalization in higher education. Jimmy also explains how his teaching style is impacted by his own former teachers.
Biography
Jimmy Segura is a social studies teacher at John F. Kennedy High School. Jimmy grew up on the Westside of San Antonio and attended schools in the Edgewood Independent School District. He and his family identify as Mexican American.
Interview Index
1:06 Attending John F. Kennedy High School (JFK HS) and living on the Westside of San Antonio, Texas
5:59 Prevalence of Mexican American history in high school
8:12 Identifying as Mexican American
9:25 Demographics of high school teachers
11:45 Teaching Mexican American history
12:32 Living on the Westside of San Antonio
14:19 Attending college
16:50 Comparing high school and college experience
17:38 Mexican American studies in Edgewood ISD
Keywords
Education, history, Mexican American, San Antonio, Westside
Size or Duration
10 pages; 20 minutes, 56 seconds
Format
Docx; M4A
Disciplines
Chicana/o Studies | Latina/o Studies | Oral History | Public History
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Ibarra, Grace, "Jimmy Segura" (2022). Latinx Civil Rights. 21.
https://commons.stmarytx.edu/mascroh/21
Included in
Chicana/o Studies Commons, Latina/o Studies Commons, Oral History Commons, Public History Commons